Offside : soccer and American exceptionalism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Markovits, Andrei S. (Author), Hellerman, Steven L., 1958- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001.
Series:	Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Subjects:	Sports > United States > Sociological aspects. Soccer > Social aspects > United States. Sports > États-Unis > Aspect sociologique. SPORTS & RECREATION > Soccer. Soccer > Social aspects. Sports > Sociological aspects. United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The argument: sports as culture in industrial societies- American conformities and exceptions
The formation of the American sport space: "crowding out" and other factors in the relegation and marginalization of soccer
Soccer's trials and tribulations: beginnings, chaos, "almosts", obscurity, and colleges
The formation and rearrangement of the American sport space in the second half of the twentieth century
From the North American Soccer League to Major League Soccer
The World Cup in the United States
The coverage of World Cup '98 by the American media and the tournaments's reception by the American public.